Town Plant List

TREES SALT DROUGHT PLANT NAME HEIGHT NATIVE TOLERANCE TOLERANCE American Holly, Ilex opaca 30-50 feet  High High Buttonwood, Conocarpus erectus 35-50 feet  High High Dahoon Holly, Ilex cassine 40 feet  Moderate Moderate East Palatka Holly, Ilex Allenata c.v. “Palatka” 40-50 feet  Moderate Moderate Elm, Ulmus spp. 60-80 feet  Low Laurel Oak, Quercus laurifolia 30-100 ft  High Moderate Live Oak, Quercus virginiana 70 feet  High High Loblolly Bay, Gordonia lasianthus 30-60 feet  Low Moderate Pignut Hickory, Carya glabra 50-100 ft  Moderate High Red Bay, Persea borbonia 70 feet  High Moderate Sand Pine, Pinus clausa 70 feet  High High Sea-Grape, coccoloba uvifera 15-25 feet  High High Slash Pine, Pinus elliottii 100 feet  High High Southern Magnolia, 100 feet  Moderate Moderate Magnolia grandiflora Sweet Bay, Magnolia Virginia 25-40 feet  Low/Moderate Low Sycamore, Platanus occidentalis 40 feet  Moderate Low

UNDERSTORY TREES American Olive, Osmanthus Americanus 10-20 feet  Moderate High Cassia, Cassia Surattensis 12-15 feet Low Cherry Laurel/Carolina Cherry, Prunus 20-45 feet  Moderate Moderate caroliniana Crepe Myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica* 20 feet Slightly Moderate Fiddlewood, Citharexylum spinosum* 15-25 feet  High High Devil’s Walking Stick, 15 feet  High High Aralia Spinosa Fringetree, Chionanthus virginicus 15-30 feet  Low High Hercules Club/Prickly Ash, 15-20 feet  Moderate High Zanthoxylum Clava-herculis Indian Hawthorn, Rhaphiolepis “Majestic Up to 20 ft High Moderate Beauty”* Myrtle Oak, Quercus myrtifolia 6-30 feet  High High Sand-Live Oak, Quercus germinata 30 feet  High High Southern Red-Cedar, Juniperus silicicola 25 feet  High High Southern Wax Myrtle, Myrica cerifera 20-30 feet  High High Yaupon Holly, Ilex vomitoria 25 feet  High High *Can also be grown as a shrub

PALMS SALT DROUGHT PLANT NAME HEIGHT NATIVE TOLERANCE TOLERANCE TREE FORM Cabbage Palm, Sabal palmetto 90 feet  High High Canary Island Date Palm, Pineapple Palm, 30 feet Moderate High Phoenix canariensis Saw Cabbage Palm, Paurotis Palm, Silver Saw 15-25 feet  Moderate Moderate Palm, Everglades Palm, Acoelorrhaple wrightii Silver/Wild Date Palm, Phoenix sylvestris 50-60 ft Moderate Moderate Washingtonia Palm, Washingtonia spp. 100 feet High High Windmill Palm, Trachycarpus fortune 20-40 ft Moderate High

SHRUB FORM Blue Stem Palmetto, Sabal minor 4-9 feet  Moderate Moderate Cardboard Palm, Zamia furfuracea 3 feet High High Needle Palm, Rhapidophyllum hystrix 6 feet  Moderate Low Robellini Palm, Phoenix roebelenii 6-12 feet Low Moderate Sago, king Cycas revoluta 10 feet High Moderate Sago, queen, Cycas circinalis 15 feet Moderate Moderate Saw Palmetto, serenoa repens 3-25 feet  High High

SHRUBS SALT DROUGHT PLANT NAME HEIGHT NATIVE TOLERANCE TOLERANCE Beautyberry, Callicarpa Americana 4-6 feet  High High Bougainvillea, Bougainvillea spp. Varies High High Coco plum, Chrysobalanus icaco 10-30 ft  High High 12-36 Coontie, Zamia pumila (Z. floridana)  High High inches Coral Bean, Erythring Herbacea 3 feet  Moderate High Crepe Myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica* 20 feet Slightly Moderate 15-25 Fiddlewood, Citharexylum spinosum*  High High feet Firebush, Hamelia patens 10 feet  Moderate High Florida Privet, Forestiera Segreta 10 feet  High High Hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis* Varies Low Low Indian Hawthorn, Raphiolepis indica 3-4 feet High High Indian Hawthorn, Rhaphiolepis “Majestic Up to 20 Moderate Moderate Beauty”* feet Marlberry, Ardisia escallonioides 20 feet  High Moderate Necklace Pod, Sophora tomentosa 4-15 feet  High High Up to 20 Oleander, Nerium oleander High High ft Pipestem/Fetterbush, Agarista populifolia 6-14 feet  Low Moderate Pittosporum, Pittosporum tobira 15 feet Moderate Moderate Up to 20 Podocarpus, Podocarpus macrophylla Moderate High

ft Rusty Lyonia, Lyonia Ferruginea 20 feet  Low High Saw Palmetto, serenoa repens 3-25  High High Sea-Grape, coccoloba uvifera* 15-25 ft  High High Simpson’s Stopper/Twinberry, Myrcianthes 5-20 feet  High High Frangrans 20-30 Southern Wax Myrtle, Myrica cerifera  High High feet 20-25 Spanish Bayonet, Yucca aloifolia  High High feet Sweet Acacia, Acacia farnesiana 8-20 feet  Moderate Moderate Tough Buckthorn, Sideroxylon tenax 3-20 feet  High High 10-30 White Stopper, Eugenia Axillaris  Moderate High feet White Indigoberry, Randia aculeate 3-10 feet  Moderate High Yaupon Holly, Ilex vomitoria* 8-25 feet  High High *Can also be grown as an understory tree.

GRASSES SALT DROUGHT PLANT NAME HEIGHT NATIVE TOLERANCE TOLERANCE Blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium angustifolium 1-2 feet  Low High Fakahatchee Grass, Tripsacum sactyloides 5 feet  Moderate Moderate Lovegrasses, Eragrotis spp. 1-3 feet  Moderate High Pink Muhly Grass, Distichlis Spicata Ponceae 3-4 feet  High High Sand Cordgrass, Spartina bakeri 3-5 feet  High Moderate Sea Oats, Uniola paniculata 3-6 feet  High High Society Garlic, Tulbaghia violacea 1-2 feet Moderate Moderate Grass-like ornamental plant

GROUNDCOVERS SALT DROUGHT PLANT NAME HEIGHT NATIVE TOLERANCE TOLERANCE Adam’s-needle/Beargrass, Yucca filamentosa 4 feet  High High 6-18 Asiatic jasmine, Trachelospermum asiaticum High High inches Beach Elder, Iva imbricate 1-3 feet  High High Beach Sunflower, Helianthus debilis 2-6 feet  High High Bulbine, Bulbine frutescens 12 inches Moderate High 12-36 Coontie, Zamia pumila (Z. floridana)  High High inches Dwarf Lantana, Lantana depressa 8 inches  Moderate High Dwarf Mondo grass, Ophiopogon japonicas 2- inches Moderate High Dwarf Yaupon Holly, Ilex vomitoria 1-3 feet  High High 12-36 Golden Creeper, Emodea littoralis  High High inches 3-12 Gopher Apple, Licania michauxii  Moderate High inches

Lippia/Matchweed, Lippia (Phyla)nodiflora 3 inches  High High Mimosa/Sensitive Plant, Mimosa strigulosa 6 inches  Moderate High Parsons Juniper, Juniperus chinensis “Parsonii” 1-3 inches High High Perennial Peanut, Peanut Grass, Arachis glabrata 6 inches High High Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia Spp. 2-20 feet  High High 12-18 Shore Juniper, Juniperus conferta High High inches Spider Lily, Hymenocallis Latifolia 2-3 feet  High Moderate

VINES SALT DROUGHT PLANT NAME HEIGHT/ NATIVE TOLERANCE TOLERANCE SPREAD Beach Morning Glory, Ipomoea imperati 6 inches  High High Bougainvillea, Bougainvillea spp. Varies High High Carolina Yellow Jasmine, Gelsemium sempervirens 5 feet/40  Low High feet Confederate Jasmine, Trachelospermum jasminoides Varies High Moderate Coral Honeysuckle (Trumpet Honeysuckle), 5 feet/40  Moderate High Lonicera Sempervirens feet Passion Flower (Maypop, Apricot Vine), Passiflora 5 feet/12  Moderate High incarnate feet Railroad Vine, Ipomoca pes-caprae 4  High High inches/100 feet Yellow Star Jessamine, trachelospermum asiaticum 10-12 feet High Moderate

Information on Florida-Friendly landscaping is available on the Town’s website or the Planning & Development Department. These plants and fruit trees can be used as substitutes to those listed above upon approval by the Director of Planning & Development. Publications include:  “Florida-Friendly Landscaping Pattern Book: Sample plant lists and Designs for four Florida regions” booklet;  “The Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Handbook” booklet; and  “Create a Florida-Friendly Yard” brochure.

Addition information on the University of Florida’s Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program website can be found at https://fyn.ifas.ufl.edu/ or http://www.floridayards.org/.

Please note: Due to our location on a barrier island, it is especially important to consider salt tolerance when choosing plants and their placement. Some plants may do well in one part of town but may not do well in another, depending on how protected they are from wind and salt.

Plants in the table marked with an asterisk (*) can be found in both shrub and understory tree form. The form at time of planting will be considered by staff when reviewing landscape plans for code compliance with the minimum required number of trees and/or shrubs.